Wladimir Klitschko refuses to rule out possibility of ring return

Former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has refused to rule out a possible return.

The 48-year-old Klitschko, who last boxed in 2017, won 64 bouts and lost five – including his last two, to Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury.

Ukraine’s Klitschko took to social media Thursday, neither confirming nor denying that he would return, but uploaded a picture of himself with Oleksandr Usyk, whom he is in Saudi Arabia to support ahead of his countryman’s unified heavyweight title defense against Fury on Saturday.

“There are a lot of rumours these days about a possible comeback,” Klitschko wrote on X. “At the moment, I’m not concerned with my return to boxing, but the return of Russians to their country, outside Ukraine.

“And let me clear: I’ve never stopped training. So IF there was to be a fight, I’d be ready on the spot. But this weekend I’m just going to see a fight with a talented Ukrainian.

“Go Usyk! Slava Ukraini!”